1.   Parade watchers strained to get a better look.

2.   Sidewalks strewed with trash left by the parade watchers.

3.   It had been a day of frantic primping, as delayed parade watchers scurried home hoping not to turn into pumpkins before they picked up their finery.

4.   It has been a day of frantic primping, as delayed parade watchers scurried home hoping not to turn into pumpkins before they picked up their finery.

5.   Other parade watchers had a better vantage point, compliments of Riggs National Bank of Washington, D.C.

6.   Parade watchers shouted and cheered him on.

7.   Parade watchers, performers and volunteers alike zipped up their ski jackets, buttoned their wool coats and wrapped themselves in full-length mink coats.

8.   Parade watchers should wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to do a lot of walking, Pasquariello advised.

9.   Some parade watchers found this irksome.

10.   Some parade watchers objected to this change.